I think challenge here is not the Execution time, but the storage. 300 ! or
400! should generally go beyond the storage capabilities of long long ints
in cpp.
@ Rohit Saraf: Hence, I don't know if even tail recursion will ultimately be
able to store the output.
I think Rajesh Patidar's answer fits the bill well, in terms of storage.

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:23 PM, vignesh radhakrishnan <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I agree with abhijith. But given some very large x for which i would have
> to find factorial.
> I would either
> (i) use gmp in cpp or BigInteger or java if its not a lab exercise or an
> interview
> (ii) use simple brute multiplication algorithm.
> The second approach requires
>          (a) The no. of digits in n! for making storage available
>          (b) The calculation itself which I would brute force
>
> References:
>
> http://inder-gnu.blogspot.com/2009/08/find-number-of-digits-in-factorial-of.html
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1113167/can-one-know-how-large-a-factorial-would-be-before-calculating-it
> http://delphiforfun.org/programs/big_factorials.htm
>
>
>
> On 2 May 2010 13:59, Rohit Saraf <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> google it... u will gt it
>>
>> i am on mobile... cannot explain now..
>>
>> On 5/2/10, divya jain <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > wat is tail recursion plz explan in detail
>> >
>> > On 2 May 2010 08:15, Rohit Saraf <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> @divya use tail recursion and rest should be fine..
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